A school mini-van driver remains in hospital after being injured in an accident on a wet road in the Waikato today.

Police are confident a man who leapt into the Waikato River in Cambridge after failing to stop his car last night has made it ashore.

A kind-hearted pastor and his family who have donated their house to raise $1m for their church are nearly $650,000 short of their target.

A band of historical military enthusiasts dressing up as Nazi bodyguards have been branded ignorant and offensive by the RSA.